Port of Amsterdam

Port of Amsterdam
Port of Amsterdam
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Location
Country	Netherlands
Location	Amsterdam, ; North Holland
Coordinates	52°24′43″N 4°48′28″E / 52.4120°N 4.8079°E
UN/LOCODE	NLAMS
Details
Opened	13th century
Operated by	NV Haven Amsterdam
Owned by	Amsterdam
Size of harbour	620 ha (1,500 acres)
Land area	1,995 ha (4,930 acres)
Employees	60,000 (2015)
President & CEO	Dertje Meijer
Statistics
Vessel arrivals	8,567 sea ships (2014)
Annual cargo tonnage	97.4 million tons (2014)
Annual container volume	45.376 TEU (2014)
Passenger traffic	304,149 by sea (2011); 315,589 by river (2014)
Annual revenue	€133.0 million (2011)
Net income	€42.6 million (2011)
	Website; www.portofamsterdam.com

The port of Amsterdam (Dutch: Haven van Amsterdam) is an inland seaport in Amsterdam in North Holland, Netherlands. It is the 4th busiest port in Europe by total cargo tonnage.^{[citation needed]} The port is located on the bank of a former bay named the IJ and the North Sea Canal, with which it is connected to the North Sea. The port was first used in the 13th century and was one of the main ports of the Dutch East India Company in the 17th century. Today, the port of Amsterdam is the second largest port in the Netherlands, the largest being the Port of Rotterdam. In 2014, the port of Amsterdam had a cargo throughput of 97.4 million tons, most of which was bulk cargo.^[4]

^ "UNLOCODE (NL) - NETHERLANDS". service.unece.org. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b Frequently Asked Questions Archived 2013-06-30 at archive.today, Port of Amsterdam, 2013. Retrieved on 2013-05-21.
^ ^a ^b Factsheet Sites & space Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Port of Amsterdam, 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Annual Report 2011 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Port of Amsterdam, 2012. Retrieved on 2013-05-21.
^ Port of Amsterdam, annual report 2014

[Locode-1-1] "UNLOCODE (NL) - NETHERLANDS". service.unece.org. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

[faq-2] Frequently Asked Questions Archived 2013-06-30 at archive.today, Port of Amsterdam, 2013. Retrieved on 2013-05-21.

[sites-space-3] Factsheet Sites & space Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Port of Amsterdam, 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-21.

[annualreport2011-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Annual Report 2011 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Port of Amsterdam, 2012. Retrieved on 2013-05-21.

[annualreport2014-5] Port of Amsterdam, annual report 2014

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